tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post1342436838870512415..comments2019-01-22T00:17:26.669-05:00Comments on Apologia: It Just Gets More DepressingWilliam Lusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-54004261477156317252008-09-17T20:43:00.000-04:002008-09-17T20:43:00.000-04:00I think I'll go back to taking movies and making s...I think I'll go back to taking movies and making slideshows.William Lusenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-71465210187312099102008-09-17T20:23:00.000-04:002008-09-17T20:23:00.000-04:00There is this odd idea that picking Palin as his r...There is this odd idea that picking Palin as his running mate somehow _was_ McCain's compromise. That's nonsense, of course. Y'know, we were looking for some changes in _positions_ on his part. At least, I wasn't. I didn't expect them and wouldn't have trusted them. But that's where it would have to start as far as reaching out to the conservative base. Not just picking a running mate all by itself.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-6477916869875024422008-09-17T17:44:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:44:00.000-04:00This all reminds me of the early days of the campa...This all reminds me of the early days of the campaign, when everyone thought Giuliani was the presumptive nominee, and so-called conservatives started tripping over their tongues trying to justify voting for him. That's when I wrote that email to AmSpec saying that I'm tired of compromising. Let Giuliani compromise so that I don't have to. Now, it's McCain's turn.<BR/><BR/> I'm forswearing politics for the time being, which was what I said I'd do some posts ago and didn't live up to it. The more I linger on the subject, the more it disgusts. But I wish Mrs. Palin well. I really do think she's a good woman. She just doesn't seem to realize what bad company she keeps.William Lusenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-33730388750995872192008-09-17T08:52:00.000-04:002008-09-17T08:52:00.000-04:00Even just demanding her name be taken off the ad w...Even just demanding her name be taken off the ad would be an excellent start--for her own sake.<BR/><BR/>The truth is, people influence one another even in less formal situations and ways. She's been traveling with John and Cindy for weeks. They've been snuggling her kids, being her friends, being the means by which she has been given a meteor-like rise in the public eye. That's all heady stuff. Incredibly flattering and liable to make one feel that these are great people. You can't travel around in a bus with somebody being nice to you, who is your running mate, while maintaining much of a distance.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.com